[skullmurdoc]

Hi everyone,

So I though I'd start a journal of my FXT04. Here we go!

My name is Frederick. I'm from Quebec, Canada and yes I'm french!:raspberry:

I bought the FXT at the beginning of Mars. I made 200KM to see and buy it. (There's not a lot to be found around here). Back then it had only 91000KM on it.
It's now at about 94000KM.

Modification so far.

• Greddy Clutch kit stage 2
• Cobb Turbo Back
• Cobb Intake
• Cobb Access Port (Stage 2 VF-39)
• Pioneer Premier FH-P800BT
• Infinity speaker
• JVC AMP
• JVC Subwoofer 12"
• Enkey EVO6 18" wheel
• Delete front "F" JDM plate
• Paint stock wheel for this winter, probably black!
• VF-39 Turbo
• STI intercooler
• KartBoy Short shifter and Bushing
• GrimmSpeed Up pipe
• Brembo plain Rotor
• Hawk HPS Pads
• Swift spring
• Cleared and greyed out headlights
• 2006 HVAC control

Modification I want

• STI Hood scoop (Not sure what I need to look for)
• Forester Momo Shift Knob(On order)
• Forester Instrument Cluster 2005(On order)
• STi Front Grille Badge (On order)
• STi Rear Trunk Badge (On order)
• Sti 2004 Shifter Trim(On order)
• STi Key Blank(On order)
• Floor Mats - Embroidered STi Logo(On order)
• Subaru STi Tumbler Mug(On order)lolll
• Keyless Entry Remote Forester (On order)

Maintenance required

• Just need some body work here and there.

So far really love the car. It got power, practicality, good looks, good exhaust note and not everyone has one.

This weekend I washed, clayed and buffed it.
I buffed it with a 7424XP to remove scratch and blemish. To my surprise it was quite easy and effective. It didn't remove all the scratch because some are just too big. But it did a very good job on most of it. It's easy to do but very time consuming. I passed about 12 hours on the car all week end.
I also tried Dr.ColorChip on chip and road rash. I was expecting a lot more from this product. The product goes on easily but removing the excess was really hard and when finally it's being remove it also remove it from the chip. Anyway I will probably try it again. Maybe I was just too tired, I don't know. But so far Im not impress.
I still need to polish it and wax it.


PS: Some photo will come later

 

[Telemarker74]

Bienvenue Frederick, oh and by the way I'm English... :raspberry:

Good start to the mods list.

 

[Tussen]

Glad to have you with us!
Post a pic when you get a chance.

 

[skullmurdoc]

Glad to have you with us!
Post a pic when you get a chance.

I have some photo at home! The FXT is quite dirty on it but I will probably post it tonight!

 

[2.5x_sleeper]

Great start on your Member Journal! Looking forward to the pictures. :wink:

Bobby...

['07 FSXT MODding Journal] ['03 X MODding Journal]

 

[GarageXTi]

sounds nice. Which 18" Enkie did you go with?

 

[skullmurdoc]

sounds nice. Which 18" Enkie did you go with?

I don't know exactly! I took some photo of the wheel yesterday. Ill posts it later!


Yesterday I finish my paint restoration. I polished and waxed the car and the finish product is very good. Actually it's incredible. Most of the scratch on the car is gone or almost not visible, except for the very big one. Road rash and chip are less visible once polished and waxed. Oh! And the paint finish is shiny like a brand spanking new paint job. Pretty excited and proud of my result! It was A LOT of effort and time but in the end, it’s worth it
:woohoo:

 

[skullmurdoc]

Here's some photo of my FXT.

Here's my dirty engine bay. I cleaned it since the photo.

Here's the Cobb intake

Here's the Cobb downPipe

Here's the wheel

I need to clean those damm rotor

SubWoofer and amp

HeadUnit

Side view

Angle shot

Some shot after I clean, buffed and waxed the car

So there goes the first picture of my car! :bananapowerslide:

 

[Local_Skater]

Lower it and you'll be looking great

 

[skullmurdoc]

Lower it and you'll be looking great

I don't think I will drop it. The additional clearance is useful for winter time and daily use and with the road we have in Quebec I don't want to stiffen the ride.

 

[cnunez13]

swifts arent too bad of a drop. ~1 inch and they dont really stiffen the ride too much. alot of ppl are on them during the winter and havnt had any problems....unless you want to do more off roading stuff then do a lift! lol

 

[skullmurdoc]

swifts arent too bad of a drop. ~1 inch and they dont really stiffen the ride too much. alot of ppl are on them during the winter and havnt had any problems....unless you want to do more off roading stuff then do a lift! lol

I don't know, maybe. Ill do my research on it but it won't be in a near future. There's a lot of modification I want to do before that.
I feel this car is going to cost me a lot of money. I saw in another post that it's possible to swap the front end with a 07 sport. That would be nice!:bling:

Front end conversion

 

[GarageXTi]

I like that wheel-- the gunmetal looks good against the silver!

 

[BlueRidgeGrl]

Good start on the journal! Those wheels fit your Foz color perfectly! =) I want an XT so bad! haha

 

[skullmurdoc]

Good start on the journal! Those wheels fit your Foz color perfectly! =) I want an XT so bad! haha

Get one then! :raspberry:
What I would like is the front of a 2007 sport.:bananapowerslide:
I guess we can't have everything.:icon_wink:

 

[skullmurdoc]

Clean the Foz today.

I'm waiting for Emails from 2 companies for a quote on Kartboy short throw and bushing and a delete front plate.

 

[LochSTi]

STI Hood scoop (Not sure what I need to look for)

Hi Frederick

Looking good :icon_biggrin:

If you're after the Forester STI scoop this the one:

japanparts.com : PARTS DATABASE

 

[skullmurdoc]

Hi Frederick

Looking good :icon_biggrin:

If you're after the Forester STI scoop this the one:

japanparts.com : PARTS DATABASE

Thanks for the link! :biggrin:

 

[skullmurdoc]

So if I'm not mistaken. This would fit perfectly on my04?
Hood scoop

 

[LochSTi]

Looks like the same scoop.
You may need to do something with the plenum/undertray also. Maybe some of the local guys who've done this mod would know about that.